By Manelle Oliphant I should have expected Bill the Cat to be dead. That’s the kind of day, no, month… no, year I was having. Today, they’d posted the soccer tryout results, and I didn’t make the team. I thought … Read More
Zoo Daydreams On birthdays Mom lets us kids, that’s my brother and me, choose to do a fun activity, or have a party, but we can’t choose both. Last year when I turned eleven, I decided to go on … Read More
Ghost Connection is a story about learning how your ancestors make up a part of who you are. Clayton Thompson has been haunted all his life. When he finds out who his ghost is he also learns how he fits … Read More
Support Tales Fantastic on Patreon to download this story as an eBook Forest Queen A short story by Manelle Oliphant The day started out like any other. I broke my fast in the dim light of dawn and headed into … Read More
Here’s my latest “story.” I put story in quotes because with this one it’s more of an implied story told through the image and the underlying context of a poem. The image popped into my head one day when I … Read More